Thingamajigs

Flag of Thingamajigs
Motto: Never lick a mousetrap.
Region	Thorin
Capital	Thokran
Official Language(s)	Modern Du-Hickazn
Government
Population	{{{population}}}
Currency	Modarch
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History

Thingamajigs was a country created five years after the founding of the region of Thorin (which is known in the founding- based calendar system as 5 A.F.). It was created as the first official government of the Thingan tribes, who had been living on the land for hundreds of years. It soon became a prominent country within the region.

Initially, the country was democratic, getting involved in the people's affairs only as much as necessary and ruled by a legislature and prime minister. However, around the year 190 AF, the leader of Thorin, Prime Minister Aratol Kix'zter began to snatch up powers and take away freedoms. Slowly, the government became more and more of a totalitarian state, until, finally, all masks of democracy were removed in 203 AF. In this year, Aratol Kix'zter, now given the title of Jingh, an ancient Thingan word for "ruler", had all people marked with barcodes so that the government could keep track of their movements. Tensions were high, but the people did not revolt yet. The military might of Kix'zter's private police force was too great for the people to organize any sort of rebellion. The occasional spontaneous riot broke out, but, for lack of organization, they all just ended up being terrible butcherings.

The revolution would not come within Kix'zter's lifetime. It was not until the general weakening of the entire region of Thorin in 260 AF, when many governments collapsed, that the influence of the Jingh waned enough for the people to successfully organize a revolt. The freedom fighters, known as the the People's Liberation Army, was led by the ideals of Neovitar Karnbeln, a philosopher who said that the right to rule was not inherent by a few, that only the people had the right to rule, a right that was entrusted in the hands of a few. He was like the John Locke of the Thingamajigsan population. He was a guide to the military leader, his brother, Salpatter Karnbeln. The Thingamajiggeri Revolution lasted for 15 years, before the Peace Treaty of the Misca Mountains was signed. Thingamajigs was free, with the remnants of the former government of Thingamajigs moving to a peninsula region east of the Misca Mountain Range, a small, backwards area populated by loyalists. Here, the government established the Empire of Thingamabobbers, with the intent of one day returning to the land they once held. They never suceeded, as the new country was rather unstable.

Post-History

Thingamabobbers would eventually fall in 672, after which it would be reabsorbed into Thingamajiggers. Within a few more decades, the country split off once more in 747 as Makh Allet. This, too, would fall in 773. After the actions of a few terrorists from the remains of Makh Allet nearly destroyed the Thingamajiggeri government and started a regional war, the peninsula's population was bombed out of existence by the theocratic government of Arbitenitant, declaring terrorism to be "an affront to the gods".

Culture

Nomenclature

The name Thinga is the name of the people who inherit the region that makes up Thingamajiggers. The name is derived from the ancient Thingan tribe.

The name Thingamajigs was derived from the ancient Thingan language, although the people at the time of founding were already speaking an early form of Du-Hickazn. Translated to English, it means "The land of the Thingan people", with "Ma" meaning land and "jigs" meaning people (Thingan had some very weird syntaxes when it came to titles).

Flags

An often seen feature of the various flags of Thingamajigsan history is the Orym, a religious emblem that has been used as the symbol of the Thinga people as far back as the historical records of their tribe reach. It resembles what our culture would refer to as a "shuriken", often shown made of fire.

Early Thingan Flags

The following flags were all used as symbols of the Thingan people before the settlement of Thingamajigs. They vary widely, but all share common elements: mainly, the presence of some representation of the Orym and the colors red and black. What meaning these colors had that they were chosen, if any existed, has been lost to us.

The final flag depicted here was used widely not long before the founding of Thingamajigs. This flag would become the basis for the design of the Thingamajigsan banner.

The Flag of Thingamajigs

This flag, with its intricate firey Orym and slowly fading red stripes is among the most detailed flags of Thingamajiggeri history. The colors had no meaning, merely being the classic colors always on the Thingan flags.

Ancient Thingan Religion

The ancient Thingans believed that every tribe of people was led by a diety, a god that guided his people. According to their lore, the Thingan's were the people of Thok. Thok had a rivalry with a group of three other gods, Jun, Kalet, and Unleh, who were jealous of Thok for being the favored son of Julikar, the king of the gods. When Julikar died after saving the world from the falling sun, the three murdered Thok.

Thok had a son, named Iskaten. Iskaten was a demi-god, whose mother was one of the Thingans. Iskaten took his father's body and dropped it in the volcano of Arekar, home of the god of the same name, who had been Thok's friend. Arekar, a blacksmith, hardened and shaped the bones of Thok into a large weapon known as the Orym. The Orym was a giant shuriken-like blade, the size of shield. Only Iskaten had the power to wield it properly. Arekar gave the one Orym a special power: it could summon the fires of the volcano it had been forged in, creating a giant flame around the Orym. Only Iskaten could touch this fire without being burnt.

Iskaten climbed the mountain that led to the palace of the gods. He used the Orym to slay Jun, Kalet, and Unleh, taking vengeance for his father's murder. He then drank their blood and became a full god, taking the place of Thok as guardian of the Thingans. The Orym became his symbol and, thus, the symbol of the Thingan people.

The religion of the ancient Thingans was considered myth by most Thinga even at the time of the founding of Thingamajigs. Now, it is nothing but a nearly forgotten fairy tale. The people of Thingamajigs and its offspring countries have all sorts or various religions, although the majority are atheist or simply of a non-denominational spirituality.

The shuriken used on a few of the flags, the firey one, was borrowed from this page way back when I originally made the first Thingamajigs flag.